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Medical
 You
need to see a doctor for an AUSTRALIAN STANDARD dive medical
(AS 4005.1) if you want to do dive training (full course
or referral) for: OPEN WATER DIVER, RESCUE DIVER, DIVEMASTER,
INSTRUCTOR.
For
INTRODUCTORY DIVING or RESORT DIVING you will have to fill
in a medical questionnaire similar to the one below. If
any of the questions are answered with yes, the instructor
may decide to insist on a full medical examination before
taking you diving.
For recreational
sports divers there is usually no medical examination required.
However, it is strongly advised to have regular check ups
and dive staff can ask you to undergo an examination if
they have any doubts towards your fitness.
Dive
medicals are performed by independent doctors, not dive
companies, and it is ultimately the decision of the doctor
whether to pass you as medically fit to dive. If you are
diving in North Queensland, your dive medical must be to
Australian Standard 4005.1 (1992) or, due to Government
regulations, it will not be accepted. A medical examination
will cost approx. AU$ 50.
The following
doctors specialise in medicals:
Cairns
24 Hour Medical Centre Corner Florence and Grafton St.,
Cairns
Ph: 07 4052 1119 Email: thedoctors@iig.com.au
Cairns
Tourist & Local Medical Services 15 Lake Street, Cairns
Ph: 07 4041 1699 Email: ctlmed@iig.com.au
Cairns
Central Medical Centre, Cairns Central Shopping Centre,
112a McLeod St, Cairns
Ph: 07 4031 3717 Email: ccmc@iig.com.au
Sample
Medical Questionnaire
- Could
you be pregnant or are you attempting to become pregnant?
- Do
you regularly take prescription or non-prescription medications?
(With the exception of birth control)
- Are
you over 40 years of age?
- Has
it been more than 5 years since your last dive medical
examination?
- Have
you had any serious injury or illness since your last
dive medical examination?
- Have
you ever had or do you currently have: Asthma, or wheezing
with breath, or wheezing with exercise?
- Frequent
or severe attacks of hay fever or allergy?
- Frequent
colds, sinusitis or bronchitis?
- Any
form of lung disease?
- Pneumothorax
(collapsed lung)?
- History
of chest surgery?
- Claustrophobia
or agrophobia (fear of closed or open spaces)?
- Behavioural
health problems?
- Epilepsy,
seizures, convulsions or take medications to prevent them?
- Recurring
migraine headaches or take medications to prevent them?
- History
of blackouts or fainting (full/partial loss of consciousness)?
- Frequently
suffer from motion sickness (seasick, carsick,etc)?
- History
of diving accidents or decompression sickness?
- History
of recurrent back problems?
- History
of back surgery?
- History
of diabetes?
- History
of back, arm or leg problems following surgery, injury
or fracture?
- Inability
to perform moderate exercise (walk one mile within 10
minutes)?
- History
of high blood pressure or take medication to control blood
pressure?
- History
of any heart disease? History of heart attacks?
- Angina
(heart or blood vessel surgery)?
- History
of ear or sinus surgery?
- History
of ear disease, hearing loss or problems with balance?
- History
of problems equalizing (popping) ears with airplane or
mountain travel?
- History
of bleeding or other blood disorders?
- History
of any type of hernia?
- History
of ulcers or ulcer surgery?
- History
of colostomy?
- History
of drug or alcohol abuse?
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